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Clare Municipal Airport

43.83450°N
-84.74020°W
ARR / DAY
4
141.7%
DEP / DAY
5
146.7%

Clare Municipal Airport (K48D) is a small general aviation airport located in Clare, MI, 76 mi north east of Grand Rapids. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

04
55% of ops
65 land · 13 TO
22
24% of ops
29 land · 20 TO
27
17% of ops
20 land · 10 TO
09
4% of ops
5 land · 8 TO
Runway 04 carries 55% of operations (65 landings, 13 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 22 at 24%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

04 65 landings
UA 5%
22 29 landings
UA 0%
27 20 landings
UA 0%
09 5 landings
UA 20%
Approaches to 04 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 65 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
6.2
flights/day · 185 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 11am · 7pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 6.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (6.5 vs 6.3 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (25% of 167 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 126.450
APCH 235.625
UNICOM 122.800
FREELAND 127.700
OTHER 127.700
FREELAND 290.425
OTHER 290.425
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOB
Elevation:
856 ft
Mag var:
5° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 04:01 UTC